Patents by Inventor Ronald A. Andrews

Ronald A. Andrews has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11323274
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a computing resource service provider provides a certificate management service that allows customers of the computing resource service provider to create, distribute, manage, and revoke digital certificates issued by private certificate authorities. In an embodiment, a private certificate authority hosted by the computing resource service provider is able to issue signed certificates to network entities within the customer enterprise. In an embodiment, the certificate management service provides a network-accessible application programming interface to the private certificate authority that allows applications to create and deploy private certificates programmatically. In an embodiment, the system provides the flexibility to create private certificates for applications that require custom certificate lifetimes or resource names.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Zachary Bowen, Todd Lawrence Cignetti, Preston Anthony Elder, III, Brandonn Gorman, Ronald Andrew Hoskinson, Jonathan Kozolchyk, Kenneth Lawler, Marcel Andrew Levy, Kyle Benjamin Schultheiss, Sandeep Shantharaj, Param Sharma, Jose Maria Silveira Neto
  • Publication number: 20220057162
    Abstract: Firearms, and components of firearms, improve shooting accuracy and tolerance to debris/elements that may enter the receiver during use of the firearm in the field. The outer surface of the barrel and the receiver inner surface, and/or the bolt lugs and the receiver inner surface may feature tight-tolerance or press-fit mating, to enhance axial alignment for shooting accuracy. The bolt lugs may be configured to provide said tight-tolerance mating with the receiver when in the loaded and locked position, but may also be configured to provide space for accommodating debris/elements that enter the firearm so that bolt movement is not hindered by the debris/elements, and operation of the bolt, including cycling of the bolt in the firearm action when the shooter goes to load the next round, is smooth and consistent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventor: RONALD ANDREW FOSTER
  • Patent number: 11247078
    Abstract: A door breaching device comprising: a longitudinal chassis having a first and a second extremity; a piston assembly located at said first extremity of the chassis, said piston assembly comprising a piston rod, said piston rod having, at a first end, a head and a second end located inside a piston chamber, said piston chamber having two opposite ends, a first end having an opening adapted for the movement of the piston rod therethrough and a second end located opposite said first end; wherein said piston rod is adapted for linear displacement between a first position where the second end of the piston rod is positioned at the second end of the piston chamber and a second position where the second end of the piston rod is at the first end of the piston chamber; a motor operatively connected to a hydraulic pump which is operatively connected to the piston chamber; a control unit for user input, said control unit being operatively connected to the motor; a two-part head assembly comprising: a fixed jaw, attac
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: OFF THE X INC.
    Inventors: Ryan Andre Desgroseilliers, Andrew Mackenzie Henry, Sergiu Mihai Geamanu, Depinder Singh Bhullar, Richard Elliot Fenster, James Joseph Russell Bracken, Michael Ciccone, Ronald Andrew Sutherland
  • Publication number: 20210218648
    Abstract: Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques for automated software testing, such as by verifying operations are complete based on user interface and/or network traffic indications, for instance. Some embodiments are particularly directed to utilizing a network sniffer to detect specific network traffic to verify completion of network requests and/or responses associated with an operation included in a workflow for performance by a software under test (SUT). In many embodiments, the detection of specific network traffic may be used to accurately time operation durations and/or efficiently perform workflows to evaluate the SUT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Andrew Bynum Clegg, Christopher Chase Struble, Ronald Andrew Hackett
  • Patent number: 11063849
    Abstract: Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques for automated software testing, such as by verifying operations are complete based on user interface and/or network traffic indications, for instance. Some embodiments are particularly directed to utilizing a network sniffer to detect specific network traffic to verify completion of network requests and/or responses associated with an operation included in a workflow for performance by a software under test (SUT). In many embodiments, the detection of specific network traffic may be used to accurately time operation durations and/or efficiently perform workflows to evaluate the SUT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: SAS INSTITUTE INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Bynum Clegg, Christopher Chase Struble, Ronald Andrew Hackett
  • Publication number: 20210186442
    Abstract: Various embodiments discussed herein utilize a C-shaped imager to provide images with a minimal footprint, such as may be suitable in a surgical context. In addition the systems and methods described herein allow for suitable angular (i.e., azimuthal) scan coverage about the patient. To provide real-time 3D imaging, multiple X-ray tubes or a distributed X-ray source may be employed, coupled with an extended detector or multiple detectors. To reconstruct high-quality volumes, in some implementations reconstruction techniques may be employed that utilize pre-operative (pre-op) computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ultrasound (U/S), or other suitable modality images or data as prior information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Gautam Parthasarathy, Bruno Kristiaan Bernard De Man, Ronald Andrew von Jako, Ross Christopher Stalter
  • Patent number: 10815441
    Abstract: A diesel engine fuel composition including methanol, at least 5% by weight water, one or more additives selected from the group consisting of: ignition improvers, fuel extenders, combustion enhancers, oxygen absorbing oil, lubricity additives, product colouration additives, flame colour additives, anti corrosion additives, biocides, freeze point depressants, deposit reductants, denaturants, pH controlling agents, and mixtures thereof, and 0% to 20% by weight dimethyl ether. Also provided is a process of powering a compression ignition engine using such a diesel engine fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Gane Energy & Resources Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Greg Morris, Michael John Brear, Ronald Andrew Slocombe
  • Publication number: 20200191515
    Abstract: Firearms, and components of firearms, improve shooting accuracy, due to increased coaxial alignment between the receiver and the barrel of the firearm. The outer surface of the barrel and the receiver inner surface feature extremely-tight-tolerance/press-fit mating of one or more outer axial mating surfaces of the barrel with one or more axial portions of the receiver inner surface. The extremely-tight-tolerance/press-fit axial mating surfaces may be distal of, proximal of, in-between, and/or otherwise outside and separate from the threads or conventional connection means for connecting the barrel to the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventor: Ronald Andrew FOSTER
  • Patent number: 10678336
    Abstract: A display and an input member. A controller to generate a user interface on the display and orient the displayed user interface to a side of the display in response to an activation of the input member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Ronald Andrew DeMena, III
  • Patent number: 10670354
    Abstract: Components of a firearm having a bolt with locking lugs improve shooting accuracy, due to increased coaxial alignment between the bolt, the cartridge, the receiver, and/or the barrel of a firearm. The receiver inner surface is shaped for lug-cleaning and for close tolerance/mating with the lugs only in the locked position and also with a non-threaded, axial surface of the barrel. Thus, the mating surfaces that are instrumental and/or that mainly control coaxial alignment of the receiver, bolt, and barrel are located between the lug stops and the threaded end of the receiver. The lugs may be axially curved or otherwise axially non-linear to tolerate dirt and other debris in a field environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Inventor: Ronald Andrew Foster
  • Patent number: 10670649
    Abstract: A method of bondwire integrity testing a packaged IC includes forcing a pin current or pin voltage level sufficient to forward bias a parasitic diode at a plurality of pins relative to a selected reference pin. The pins are connected to bond pads (BPs) on the IC by a bondwire. The bond pads coupled to a diffusion of a first type that forms the parasitic diode (D) with a region doped the second type coupled to a bondpad wirebonded to the reference pin. The resulting pin voltages or pin currents at measured, and present pin-pin relationships are determined. The present pin-pin relationships are compared to stored pin-pin relationship data for a device design of the IC. Results from the comparing are used to determine whether any present pin-pin relationships are significantly different as compared to the stored pin-pin relationships to identify a bondwire problem for at least one pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ronald Andrew Michallick, Michael Nolan Jervis, David Anthony White
  • Patent number: 10652030
    Abstract: A method and system for generating multiple profiles corresponding to different digital certificates. The profile includes intrinsic attributes and derived attributes associated with a digital certificate. The system enables a customer system to filter digital certificates based on a suitability of the various digital certificates for use with a given application to be executed by or on behalf of the customer system. The suitability may be determined based on a comparison of certificate requirements associated with a customer system's request and one or more of the intrinsic attributes and derived attributes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Marcel Andrew Levy, Peter Zachary Bowen, Todd Lawrence Cignetti, Brandonn Gorman, Ronald Andrew Hoskinson, Brenda Lee Leary, Timothy Sterling Loverin, James Spencer, Nicholas Wexler
  • Patent number: 10571210
    Abstract: A trigger guard for a firearm with a projection extending towards a magazine well of the firearm such that the projection extends into the magazine well. The trigger guard allows the projection to apply pressure to an inserted magazine or to limit the amount of movement of an inserted magazine within the magazine well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Inventors: Chad Amodio, Ronald Andrew Bowers
  • Patent number: 10466005
    Abstract: Firearms, and components of firearms, improve shooting accuracy, due to increased coaxial alignment between the receiver and the barrel of the firearm. The outer surface of the barrel and the receiver inner surface feature extremely-tight-tolerance/press-fit mating of one or more outer axial mating surfaces of the barrel with one or more axial portions of the receiver inner surface. The extremely-tight-tolerance/press-fit axial mating surfaces may be distal of, proximal of, in-between, and/or otherwise outside and separate from the threads or conventional connection means for connecting the barrel to the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Inventor: Ronald Andrew Foster
  • Patent number: 10469442
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described to enable adaptive handling of domain resolution requests originating from a virtual private cloud (VPC) networking environment. An administrator of the VPC can provide a set of rules specific to the VPC that designates how requests for a domain name should be handled. The rules may specify, for example, that a request for a given domain name should be routed to a particular domain name server, which may include a private domain name server, should be dropped, or should be routed according to a default behavior (e.g., a public domain name system). Resolution requests originating in the VPC can be associated with a VPC identifier. When an adaptive resolution system receives the request, it can retrieve rules associated with the VPC identifier, and apply the rules to determine further routing for the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrey Mizik, Lee-Ming Zen, Gavin Derek McCullagh, Yohanes Santoso, Vadim Meleshuk, Yu Gu, Minli Lai, Ivan Mistrianu, Rebecca Claire Weiss, Yi Cheng Chen, Ronald Andrew Hoskinson
  • Publication number: 20190242940
    Abstract: A method of bondwire integrity testing a packaged IC includes forcing a pin current or pin voltage level sufficient to forward bias a parasitic diode at a plurality of pins relative to a selected reference pin. The pins are connected to bond pads (BPs) on the IC by a bondwire. The bond pads coupled to a diffusion of a first type that forms the parasitic diode (D) with a region doped the second type coupled to a bondpad wirebonded to the reference pin. The resulting pin voltages or pin currents at measured, and present pin-pin relationships are determined. The present pin-pin relationships are compared to stored pin-pin relationship data for a device design of the IC. Results from the comparing are used to determine whether any present pin-pin relationships are significantly different as compared to the stored pin-pin relationships to identify a bondwire problem for at least one pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: RONALD ANDREW MICHALLICK, MICHAEL NOLAN JERVIS, DAVID ANTHONY WHITE
  • Publication number: 20190162498
    Abstract: A trigger guard for a firearm with a projection extending towards a magazine well of the firearm such that the projection extends into the magazine well. The trigger guard allows the projection to apply pressure to an inserted magazine or to limit the amount of movement of an inserted magazine within the magazine well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: CHAD AMODIO, RONALD ANDREW BOWERS
  • Patent number: 10277562
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a first device in a network receives intercepted traffic that has been encrypted. The first device decrypts the intercepted traffic and sends the decrypted traffic to one or more analysis devices in the network. The first device receives a message indicative of a result of analysis of the decrypted traffic by the one or more analysis devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald Andrew Frederick, Srinivas Yerra, Tarun Soin
  • Publication number: 20190086167
    Abstract: Components of a firearm having a bolt with locking lugs improve shooting accuracy, due to increased coaxial alignment between the bolt, the cartridge, the receiver, and/or the barrel of a firearm. The receiver inner surface is shaped for lug-cleaning and for close tolerance/mating with the lugs only in the locked position and also with a non-threaded, axial surface of the barrel. Thus, the mating surfaces that are instrumental and/or that mainly control coaxial alignment of the receiver, bolt, and barrel are located between the lug stops and the threaded end of the receiver. The lugs may be axially curved or otherwise axially non-linear to tolerate dirt and other debris in a field environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventor: RONALD ANDREW FOSTER
  • Publication number: 20180351904
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described to enable adaptive handling of domain resolution requests originating from a virtual private cloud (VPC) networking environment. An administrator of the VPC can provide a set of rules specific to the VPC that designates how requests for a domain name should be handled. The rules may specify, for example, that a request for a given domain name should be routed to a particular domain name server, which may include a private domain name server, should be dropped, or should be routed according to a default behavior (e.g., a public domain name system). Resolution requests originating in the VPC can be associated with a VPC identifier. When an adaptive resolution system receives the request, it can retrieve rules associated with the VPC identifier, and apply the rules to determine further routing for the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Andrey Mizik, Lee-Ming Zen, Gavin Derek McCullagh, Yohanes Santoso, Vadim Meleshuk, Yu Gu, Minli Lai, Ivan Mistrianu, Rebecca Claire Weiss, Yi Cheng Chen, Ronald Andrew Hoskinson